Curtain-rod.



No. 702,707. Patented lune |7, 1002.

- M. P. .CREAHM CURTAIN R00.

(Axiplimion mea Apr. 29, 1901.)

(llu Model.)

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UNITED STATES 'PATENT OEEICE.

MICHAEL P. CREAI-IAN, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

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srncIFIoATIoN forming pair of Letters Patent no. 762,707, dated-.miie 1f?, 1 9oz.

Application filed April 29, `-190,1. Serial No. 58,018. (No model.) v

To all whom t may concerns' legheny and State of Pennsylvania, have:

invented a new and useful Improvement in Curtain-Rods; and I do hereby declare Tthe following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to curtain-poles and supports therefor.

The object of my invention is to providea curtainpole to which the curtain. may be quickly secured without danger of tearing the same and at the `same timea support for such pole by means of which said pole may be lowered within easy reach of a person standing on the floor of the apartment, so that the curtain may be appliedtothe pole or Yremoved therefrom without the necessity of a of said arms having the supports for thepole.

and means for locking saidarmsin their raised position, whereby when said arms are unlocked they are adapted to swing forward and downwardly to a point withineasy reach of the person standing on the door of the apartment.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will describe the same' `more fully, referring to the accompanyingwhen the strength of` the spring willgrasp drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a view of 'a windowequipped with my invention.

its lowered position. Fig.`3 is an enlarged detail of the means for locking the arms. Fig. g 1i is an enlarged view of one end of the pole,1 showing the spring-o ger in engagement with the curtain.

The numerati?. designates a suitable win-'I ldow-frame.

To the sides of said window! frame'are' secured the plates 3 by means of screws 4. Pivoted to the plates 3 at 5 and adapted to swing therefrom are the arms 6. These arms G may be formed of strips of Fig. 2 is a side-View of the same, the support being shown dotted in' metalor other suitable material. Through coincident openings 7 in the'plates 3 and arms 6 the screws 8 pass, said screws acting to lock the arms 6 to said plates andhold said arms in their-vertical positions. By withdrawing thesaid screws Ssuflici'ently to free them from .the openingsin theplates 3 it is appar- Aent that the arms 6 will thenbeffree to swing outward and downward, as'willy more fully hereinafter appear. lThe upper ends of the arms where formed of one piece of metal are bent to form'thel brackets Q, adapted to support the pole 10, braces 518being employed for'purposes of strength'. Connected to an eyelet 12 on the pole lO-is the cord 13, which passes over pulleysllit'o a' point atone side of the window.-

Thepole 10 is provided with a series of spring-fingers 15, said-@ingers being formed of metal of suitable 'resiliencyand being secured at one end bythe screws 16. The free ends of said spring-tingersfarebent up, as at 17 which permits'ofthe .material being readily inserted under saidiingers, while at the same time it enablesmhe'operator to lift the iingers without difticulty'when' it is desired .to` release the curtains. .The fingers 15 are arranged longitudinally of the pole,`and where thereare two curtains suspended from the.

pole, as shown, one half ofv thevfingers for one curtain will have their free endsextending in Aone direction and the other half `.in the other.

This arrangement per-mits ofthe folds of the 'curtain being arrangedwith greater nicety.

It is only necessary to'lift the free end of the nger and slip .th'efold of the curtain under,

the material and-.holditsecurelyvwithout biting into'th'e same so asl totearorfstretch the tain is secured thereby the curtain extends A'straight up beyond thepole, so that the pole iis behind said curtain. Y

When my invention is in usean'd it is de- .sired to lower the supports,toattachtheaurvtains to the rod, the screws 8 are turnedlsufticiently to free the arms, when by means of the cord 13 the supports may be lowered, the weight of the outwardly-extending supports and pole causing the arms to swing outwardly IOC) and downwardly, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 2. In this manner the pole is lowered until Within easy reach of the person standing on the floor below. It is then an easy matter for the said person to apply the cnrtains to the pole, Whether said pole is provided with the spring-iingers of my invention or other fasteners. When the curtains have been secured to the pole, the supports are raised by the cord nntil at their proper position,When the screws 8 are tightened up so as to engage the plates 3 and hold the arms S in their vertical position.

By my invention the inconvenience of having,r to stand on ladders or chairs to remove the curtains or secure them in place is avoided, While at the same time the spring-fingers enable the curtain to be inserted neatly with the folds in regular order and Without liability of the tearing or stretching of the curtains.

That I claim as my invention, and desire' to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In combination with a curtain-pole, a series of spring-fingers rigidly attached at one end to the pole, the other end of said fingers being free and being curved outwardly from the pole, all of the fingers extending in longitudinal alinement with the pole and some of the fingers having their free ends extending in one direction and others in the opposite direction, said fingers adapted to engage intermediate of their ends with the fold of a cnrtain and clamp the same to the pole, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I, the said MICHAEL P. (JREAHAN, have hereunto set my hand.

MICHAEL P. CREAHAN;

Vitnesses:

ROBERT C. TOTTEN, FRED D. SWEET. 

